ÒWE YORUBA (YORUBA PROVERB)
ÒWE YORUBA (YORUBA PROVERB)
"Iwakuwa là nwa nkan tó ba nu; malu sonu à nwa opón ifa"
Translation
We haphazardly look or search for what is lost; (when a) cow got lost we started searching for "ifa's" trough
"Iwakuwa là nwa nkan tó ba nu; malu sonu à nwa opón ifa"
Translation
We haphazardly look or search for what is lost; (when a) cow got lost we started searching for "ifa's" trough
APPLICATION
In the book of the proverbs on me, the publisher wrote in there that to understand this proverb, the story of Kish father of king Saul's lost asses should be said therefore, I have the pleasure of sharing the story as beneath.
This story can be found in the book of first Samuel chapter 9.
Kish, son of Abiel of tribe of Benjamin discovered that some of his asses got lost. After his efforts of finding the asses failed he decided to send his son, Saul, to go and look for the lost asses. This the man did so that he could fix his mind on something more productive, educational and importance.
This is what a leader should do, a leader in order to move his followers ahead needs to take his or her mind off knotty issues, and assigned people trusted hands to look into such issues.
That was what Kish did, he implicitly trusted his son, Saul, and he delegated him to look into the knotty issue, the issue of the lost asses.
Saul at once called one of his father's servants, one loyal to him a trustworthy person and they set out in search of the missing asses.
However, a particular juncture was reached in which they became weary of the search and Saul decided to ask his father's servant if he knew any seer who could be of assistance.
They got to the seer and he told them not to worry that the asses have been found.
When one losses something particularly something that is dear to the person, it is not uncommon to see people going to herbalists or prophets or Imams to find solutions to the issue
In the book of the proverbs on me, the publisher wrote in there that to understand this proverb, the story of Kish father of king Saul's lost asses should be said therefore, I have the pleasure of sharing the story as beneath.
This story can be found in the book of first Samuel chapter 9.
Kish, son of Abiel of tribe of Benjamin discovered that some of his asses got lost. After his efforts of finding the asses failed he decided to send his son, Saul, to go and look for the lost asses. This the man did so that he could fix his mind on something more productive, educational and importance.
This is what a leader should do, a leader in order to move his followers ahead needs to take his or her mind off knotty issues, and assigned people trusted hands to look into such issues.
That was what Kish did, he implicitly trusted his son, Saul, and he delegated him to look into the knotty issue, the issue of the lost asses.
Saul at once called one of his father's servants, one loyal to him a trustworthy person and they set out in search of the missing asses.
However, a particular juncture was reached in which they became weary of the search and Saul decided to ask his father's servant if he knew any seer who could be of assistance.
They got to the seer and he told them not to worry that the asses have been found.
When one losses something particularly something that is dear to the person, it is not uncommon to see people going to herbalists or prophets or Imams to find solutions to the issue
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